is an independent literary publisher based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, still often referred to as the steel city.

Blast furnaces were utilized for smelting and refining industrial metals, generally iron, and were widely used in the creation of steel in the Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania region during the United States' 20th century industrial boom.

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Monday, May 4, 2015

Call for Submissions: Volume 5, Issue 2

FOR PUBLICATION CONSIDERATION IN BLAST FURNACE VOLUME 5, ISSUE 2, SLATED FOR JULY RELEASE:For
our eighteenth issue, we are entertaining poems that resulted from a writing prompt, as well as fine original poetry outside of
this/these theme(s). We simply
ask that individual submissions do NOT exceed more than three (3) poems
per poet, and that each individual poem NOT exceed more than three (3)
pages.As
a reminder: we accept a few kinds of submission formats: portable
document format (.pdf), rich text format (.rft) and .doc/docx
(Microsoft Word) files, OR .mp3/.wav audio files.

That
said...please submit your BEST poems, or, if
you prefer to create an audio recording of yourself reciting your
poetry, send ONLY ONE (1) file attachment of NOT MORE THAN 2 MINUTES/120 seconds in total duration to http://blastfurnace.submittable.com/Submit
Please
read our Mission/Values, Submission Guidelines and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) posted near the top of our web
page, before submitting to review what resonates with us. We love a
variety of poetic styles, but we are also picky.